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Alexi Kotis, son of Manual Kotis who owns Fannie Bay IGA, tells us how rattled his dad is after fending off several men fighting outside his shop · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now if you've just joined us, we have been talking
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  Speaker 1: throughout the morning about this terrible vision which we've seen
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  Speaker 1: outside the Fanny Bay Supermarket Fanny Bay IgA, and we
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  Speaker 1: have shared that vision now on the Mixed one oh
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  Speaker 1: four nine Facebook page, so you can get a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a better understanding of what or what Manual and
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  Speaker 1: his wonderful team they have had to deal with.
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  Speaker 2: This happened on Monday afternoon as I understand it.
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  Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line to tell us a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more about the situation is Manuel's son Alexi.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning to your Alexi Katie mate, thanks for your
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  Speaker 1: time this morning. Firstly, how's your mum and dad and
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  Speaker 1: how are all the staff there at the IgA after
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  Speaker 1: what unfolded earlier in the week that.
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  Speaker 3: Fairly shook up from it all? To be honest, my father,
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  Speaker 3: my mom and bab that I've owned the chaff for
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  Speaker 3: a fair wall now and the violence is getting worse
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  Speaker 3: and no matter what preventions they seem to put into place,
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't seem to help. Nothing seems to help. So
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  Speaker 3: speaking from my from my parents, they don't sell the
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  Speaker 3: cask wine. That that a lot of the tenant problems
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  Speaker 3: happened with they've they've stopped selling that many many years
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  Speaker 3: ago to try to keep the area clear, but it
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  Speaker 3: just doesn't seem to help. They're buying alcohol from other
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  Speaker 3: places than coming into that area and causing the trouble.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I spoke to you dad.
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  Speaker 3: People are unknown to the area. They've they've never been
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  Speaker 3: in that area. The staff have never served them, they
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  Speaker 3: have not seen them, so they're new to the area.
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  Speaker 1: I spoke to your dad about that, you know, about
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  Speaker 1: the that serving of the alcohol a few years back,
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  Speaker 1: and I remember him telling me that even on a Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: that there was still that problem of drinking, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in the park area there near the i GA, despite
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  Speaker 1: the fact that they're not allowed to serve alcohol on
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  Speaker 1: a Sunday. So, you know, it's it's obvious that it's
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  Speaker 1: an issue where people are getting alcohol somewhere and it's
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  Speaker 1: still having an impact on all of those wonderful businesses
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  Speaker 1: along there at Fanny Bay Alexi.
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  Speaker 2: This happened one day afternoon, didn't that he did?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, mat Apparently it was over from what the police
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  Speaker 3: that interviewed the gentleman said, it was over someone's wife
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  Speaker 3: or something like that. But they seem they appeared to
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  Speaker 3: be friends, but they managed to beat the living daylights
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  Speaker 3: out of each other.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, it was.
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  Speaker 3: It happened. It was quite hectic, really, it really was.
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  Speaker 1: I look, I'm watching this vision as I talk to
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  Speaker 1: you right now, and I've got to tell you I
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  Speaker 1: felt really worried for your dad. At one point I
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  Speaker 1: thought to myself, he is he's got one person behind him,
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  Speaker 1: he's got one person in front of him. Someone has
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  Speaker 1: got a massive rock in their hands. I worried about
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  Speaker 1: I was really worried about your dad. So I can't understand,
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  Speaker 1: like I can only imagine how you must have felt.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, look, the flight wasn't there to start with, so
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  Speaker 3: unfortunately spilled out to the front of the shop and
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  Speaker 3: it became their problem once they were trying to get
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  Speaker 3: into the shop. My father is seventy three years old.
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  Speaker 3: He work sixteen hours a day, seven days a week,
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  Speaker 3: and in all honesty, he shouldn't have to put up
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  Speaker 3: and he certainly too old to be putting up with it.
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  Speaker 3: I watched the image and as his son I got
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  Speaker 3: I got quite scared for him because I sort of
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  Speaker 3: pointed out a few things. He said, looks he's gotten
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  Speaker 3: older is his senses aren't quite as sharp as they
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  Speaker 3: used to be, and I think he's coming up behind you.
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  Speaker 3: That guy through the a frame match and he was
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  Speaker 3: lucky that Scotty, he's his manager. They caught it and
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  Speaker 3: stopped from hitting him. The other guy had a rock
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  Speaker 3: and it was just I don't know if you noticed,
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  Speaker 3: but in the start of the video with the right
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  Speaker 3: at the front of the shop, it appears that one
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  Speaker 3: of the guys actually stepped the big guy in the
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  Speaker 3: neck with something. I don't know what it is, but
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  Speaker 3: there was blood everywhere and it was just shocking. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I was worried. I was I was worried for the gentleman.
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  Speaker 3: I was trying to help my my father in Scotty,
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  Speaker 3: and I was obviously very worried for my dad and
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  Speaker 3: Scotty at the same time. It was just there was
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  Speaker 3: a pregnant lady there in the start. She was petrified.
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  Speaker 3: They ran into the shop and they locked the shop.
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  Speaker 3: It was just, you know, the guy that helped my dad,
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  Speaker 3: he got punched in the face for nothing but just
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  Speaker 3: trying to do the right thing.
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  Speaker 1: It's not a have you heard from that bloke who
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  Speaker 1: helped your dad in the high viz gear funny.
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  Speaker 3: He said, I actually said, my dad, did you have
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  Speaker 3: for the man of beer? And I think to hear
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  Speaker 3: the ordeal, I think it just sort of happened so fast,
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  Speaker 3: and I think it was a thank you and a handshake.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm sure he'll catch him next time he comes
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  Speaker 3: into the shop.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, if there's one thing I know about
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  Speaker 1: your dad, every time I go into that shop, he
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  Speaker 1: is offering me some kind of Greek sweets to eat.
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  Speaker 1: He's feeding my children. He treats his customers like they
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  Speaker 1: are members of his own family. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: that is what the disappointing part is when you see
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  Speaker 1: this vision and you see that danger that he and
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  Speaker 1: Scotty have been put in and all the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the team.
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  Speaker 2: And that's why it's so heartbreaking to watch.
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  Speaker 3: Look it is and the worst part is we're not
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  Speaker 3: it's not a nice lead into him. We're not alone.
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  Speaker 3: It's happening all over Darwin. You walk through Kasina, it
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  Speaker 3: happens in Casina. It's having trap palms and having trapped
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  Speaker 3: and throughout the CBD. It's just what's going to happen, Katie.
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  Speaker 3: And he's at his end. He I saw them do
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  Speaker 3: him yesterday and he was he didn't want to come
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  Speaker 3: on because he's just so frustrated. He's just he doesn't
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  Speaker 3: want to talk about it anymore. He's done with nothing happens.
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  Speaker 3: No matter everything bad that happens, nothing is ever resolved,
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  Speaker 3: nothing ever becomes of it. He doesn't know what to
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  Speaker 3: do from here. He's pretty much going to sell the shop.
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  Speaker 3: I think I think he's just about done, so he's
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  Speaker 3: he was talking about it the other day, retiring whether
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  Speaker 3: that's on the cards or not, whether that was set
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  Speaker 3: out of pure frustration or what it is. But you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's just between break ins and you know, the life
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  Speaker 3: threatening situations. He's just I think he's just about done.
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  Speaker 1: And you can understand it, you know, you think you
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  Speaker 1: can understand it. And they have run a wonderful business
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  Speaker 1: there for such a long time. I mean, I love
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  Speaker 1: going in there, and everybody that works there is so lovely.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, they treat you like family. Alex, How
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  Speaker 1: I know that you'd said all that. Certainly it had
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  Speaker 1: been said in that post on the on the Supermarkets
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  Speaker 1: page that the police got there, they did have a
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  Speaker 1: quick response, and that they handled the situation very well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, they were fantastic. So they obviously got a few
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  Speaker 3: phone calls if I don't know, if you know from it,
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  Speaker 3: there was probably about three or four different women calling
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  Speaker 3: at the same time, and then obviously the supermoke caught
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  Speaker 3: as well. But their response time was excellent and they
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  Speaker 3: were very professional, very apologetic. Look, they've got their job
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  Speaker 3: to do, and their hands are tired, and unfortunately they're
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  Speaker 3: so stretched and there's only so much they can do
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  Speaker 3: as well. But in this particular situation, we couldn't fault
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  Speaker 3: they were excellent. You know, they do their best every
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  Speaker 3: day and they're doing a hard job, and we believe
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  Speaker 3: they do a good job.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, made its a long time territory, and you know
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  Speaker 1: you've obviously seen your parents working in that job, running
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  Speaker 1: that business for such a long time. I mean, like,
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  Speaker 1: how are you feeling at the moment when you see
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  Speaker 1: that vision, when you see what's going on, and when
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  Speaker 1: you know what your parents have had to go through,
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  Speaker 1: and and you think about some of that crime and
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  Speaker 1: anti social behavior that you're seeing around the place, Like,
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  Speaker 1: how are you feeling at the moment?
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  Speaker 3: And I'm scared for them, I'm gonna be honest, you know,
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  Speaker 3: like one o the days when when we were younger,
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  Speaker 3: there was there was a little bit of like there
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  Speaker 3: was bad behavior, but there was that compassion. There was
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  Speaker 3: that sensel I suppose a little bit of common sense.
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  Speaker 3: That's all born. Nobody cares for anybody, No one has
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  Speaker 3: respect for anyone. And I'm talking about any particular incidents,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and it worries me and I'm I'm quite
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  Speaker 3: worried for them, and I yeah, it's just I don't know. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I makes you want to go back to I want
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  Speaker 3: to make you want to go back into the business
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  Speaker 3: to make sure I'm there to look after him, to
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  Speaker 3: be honest, that's what makes me want to do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, And Alexi, I think the whole community is just
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  Speaker 1: feeling a bit like sad. You know when you see
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  Speaker 1: that kind of vision and you think to yourself, what
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  Speaker 1: is going on and why, you know, why is nothing changing?
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  Speaker 1: Like why are we not sort of saying that this
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  Speaker 1: behavior is totally unacceptable? Why is the government not stepping
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  Speaker 1: out today and going this is totally unacceptable and these
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  Speaker 1: are the things that we're doing to try and prevent
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  Speaker 1: any business owner from having to go through this.
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  Speaker 3: Look, it's a big question Katie. And you know, as
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  Speaker 3: I said, we're not alone. It's everywhere. Everywhere you go,
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  Speaker 3: every business owner you speak to, every shopping center you
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  Speaker 3: walk into, you're seeing it. And it just happens to
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  Speaker 3: be us this time. Yeah, it would be somebody else
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  Speaker 3: next time, you know. So well, unfortunate, but something really
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  Speaker 3: needs to give, something really needs to happen. Yeah, enough talking, yep.
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  Speaker 1: I agree mate. I really appreciate you talking to me
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  Speaker 1: this morning. Please pass on my love and best wishes
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  Speaker 1: to your parents and to everybody there at the IgA.
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  Speaker 1: I know that they do listen to the show, so
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  Speaker 1: they're probably hearing it themselves, but I hope that they're okay.
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  Speaker 3: No, okay, we'll do. Thanks for your time.
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  Speaker 2: We appreciate it. Thank you,